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South Africa: Total Hospital Shutdown in Five Provinces
by Luphert Chilwane Johannesburg — FIVE of the nine provinces experienced a complete shutdown of public hospitals yesterday as the doctors’ strike for a 50% wage increase intensified. Doctors interviewed by telephone said public hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape, the Western Cape, Mpumalanga, Limpopo…
Author: Business Day
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Innovative model aids family health
by Thu Hang A client attends a reproductive health and family planning consultation at Truong An Commune’s medical centre in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta Province of Vinh Long, which is part of the Government social franchise network Tinh chi em (Sisterhood). — VNA/VNS Photo…
Author: Viet Nam News
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30 million USD for Vietnam's fight against malaria
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has pledged to grant nearly 30 million USD to Vietnam ‘s endeavour to fight malaria. The Vietnamese side will contribute over 853,000 USD to the fund which aims to raise access to and use of methods…
Author: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
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Betting Big on New Leaders in Health Equity
This is an historic year for The Atlantic Philanthropies. In 2016, we have reached our 35th year of grantmaking, and also our last. In recent updates, I’ve discussed our culminating grants that build on our three and a half decades of work to address…
Author: Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Behind the scenes of school infrastructure victory
OPINION Doron Isaacs of Equal Education describes the organisation’s campaign that got the Minister of Basic Education to settle their court case last week. On Monday 12 November I was sitting in a meeting at Equal Education head office in Khayelitsha and noticed the red…
Author: Ground Up
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UH professor helps boost Vietnam's clinics
KHANH HOA PROVINCE, Vietnam. When patients at the government-run health clinic in Ninh Tho used to complain about waiting too long to see a doctor or nurse, the staff would just ignore them, manager Pham Thi Thanh Can said. “Before the (customer service) training, we…
Author: Advertiser Star
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Doctors offered R1bn package
by Mogomotsi Magome and SAPA The Department of Health has offered to increase some doctors’ salaries by up to 60 percent from next month, in a bid to avert a nationwide strike that could cripple the public health system. The increases proposed by the department…
Author: Pretoria News (South Africa)
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HIV a real threat to Vietnam's under-15s
Approximately 5,700 children under the age of 15 in Vietnam will be infected with HIV in the next three years, according to a recent report by the Department for HIV/AIDS Prevention. The department has worked alongside the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS and a number…
Author: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
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12 mln USD aid to refurbish provincial medical facilities
Original Source Thua Thien-Hue (VNA)- The US-based Atlantic Philanthropies organisation has agreed to fund a 12 million USD project to upgrade and refurbish medical stations in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, according to a provincial official on Dec. 11. The Director of Thua Thien-Hue…
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Atlantic Announces $40 Million Health Equity Initiative in SE Asia
Atlantic Philanthropies has announced a $40 million investment in a new fellowship initiative aimed at increasing access to affordable, quality health care in Southeast Asia. In partnership with the China Medical Board (CMB) — which will contribute an additional $10 million to the effort — theTransformative…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest